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An Inconvenient Truth
2006
A movie based on a PowerPoint presentation by a former presidential candidate may not sound exciting, but once AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH hits its stride viewers may be surprised how compelling the subject matter proves to be. While many high-ranking political figures continue to argue about global warming, Al Gore has plunged .. Read more
| Starring | Al Gore |
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| Director | Davis Guggenheim |
| Genres | Documentary |
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An Inconvenient Truth
A movie based on a PowerPoint presentation by a former presidential candidate may not sound exciting, but once AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH hits its stride viewers may be surprised how compelling the subject matter proves to be. While many high-ranking political figures continue to argue about global warming, Al Gore has plunged headlong into a serious wake-up call for the planet with a series of lectures about the problem. It's on one of these lectures that this movie from director Davis Guggenheim is based. Guggenheim breaks up Gore's delivery by illustrating his points with film footage, much of which features the former Democratic nominee exploring the globe as he examines the effects of global warming. Gore's speech is neatly divided between calm recitations of the facts about the issue and several stories of a personal nature. His skills as an orator are considerable, and it's hard not to be alarmed by most of what he has to say. Indeed, as Gore relates tales of melting polar icecaps, rising global temperatures, and the reluctance of political leaders to do something about the problem, the film takes on an air of hopelessness and doom, especially as no easy solutions are offered. Gore's advice is for individuals to take steps to reduce their own inadvertent poisoning of the atmosphere, and to persuade others to do likewise. It's a powerful message, and one that is likely to remain in non-cynical minds long after the film comes to a conclusion.
| Starring | Al Gore |
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| Director | Davis Guggenheim |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 26 Dec 2006 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
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Mostly in the cinema actions speak louder than words. But even though the filmmaking here rarely transcends the kind of educational documentaries they made for public edification back in the... read more »
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An Inconvenient Truth - Global warming isn't man-made
Absolute rubbish! The world's climate is not changing from higher CO2 concentrations. The ice-core graph he uses is false - the climate got much hotter 800 yrs before CO2 levels increased, i.e. there is a 800 yr lag which he doesn't mention. This means CO2 is an effect of global warming, not the cause. The sun's solar flares/activity are a much more logical explanation (which we cannot control at all!) and recent graphical data fits amazingly with temperature vs solay activity.
Simply put - Sun heats Earth; oceans temp rise slowly (800 years) thereby releasing CO2 (previously dissolved into the ocean); sun activity decreases; Earth cools; oceans cool (over similar timescale) and dissolve atmospheric CO2, thereby decreasing the levels.
This film is a propaganda stunt from politicians/environmentalists which use biased scientists with views, NOT facts. Global warming scientists have a big agenda: to promote human-made global warming and thereby get more funding/grants from government. Global warming is happening (warming and cooling has happened for thousands of years) but the fact that it is portrayed as Human-Made global warming is a great reason for increasing taxes on flights/cars and also denying the 3rd world countries to use all their resources on 'green' grounds. It's all politics.
As a scientist myself I find this film inaccurate and biased in the way it portrays the new religion of human-made global warming. It is both arrogant to think that humans can effect global warming and at the same time prevent it.
I think the only inconvenient truth here is that Al Gore, God forbit, might actually be wrong! -
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INCONVENIENT TRUTH
KIDS FOUND VERY SLOW AND BORING ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH
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